A patient's kidney stone is placed 24 units away from the source of the shock waves of a lithotripter. The lithotripter is based on an ellipse with a minor axis that measures 10 units. Find an equation of an ellipse that would satisfy this situation. An equation of this ellipse with center (0,0) is (Type your answer in standard form.) ...

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A patient's kidney stone is placed 24 units away from the source of the shock waves of a lithotripter. The lithotripter is based on an ellipse with a minor axis that
measures 10 units. Find an equation of an ellipse that would satisfy this situation.
An equation of this ellipse with center (0,0) is
(Type your answer in standard form.)
(***)
Transcribed Image Text:A patient's kidney stone is placed 24 units away from the source of the shock waves of a lithotripter. The lithotripter is based on an ellipse with a minor axis that measures 10 units. Find an equation of an ellipse that would satisfy this situation. An equation of this ellipse with center (0,0) is (Type your answer in standard form.) (***)
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